Harness-saddle.



PATENTED NOV. 1, 1904. J. A. KRAMER.

HARNESS SADDLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEGA, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

2 SHBETSSHEET 1.

A 0 9 1 1..., V O N D E T N E T A P K E M A R .K A L HARNESS SADDLE.

APPLIGATION FILED 19120.4, 1902.

2 SHEETS-SH ET 2' N0 M DEL.

Patented November 1, 1904.

UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. KRAMER, OF VVINIGAN, MISSOURI.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,756, dated November 1, 1904.

Application filed December 4, 1903. Serial No- 183,783. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:'

Be it known that I, J OHN A. KRAMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at VVinigan, in the county of Sullivan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides novel improvements in harness-saddles, and relates more particularly to special means utilized for securing the skirts to the saddle structure. Attaching means whereby the skirts are secured to the saddle is of a structure admitting of ready attachment or detachment of the skirts when desired.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

Vhile the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a harness-saddle constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the saddle. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the tree-irons to which the skirt is attached. Fig. 4: is a detail view of one of the clamp members cooperating with each of the tree-irons to prevent disengagement of the skirt therefrom. Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the relative disposition of the clamp member upon the tree-iron, the skirt being secured thereto. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of the clamp-plate.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In the drawings, 1 designates the saddlepad, which comprises the sides 1 and the flexible connecting portion 1". The pad is of ordinary form, and upon the upper side thereof is disposed a covering-strap 2, which is secured between the pad and the saddle-tree. The tree comprises the bowplate 3, which carries the check-line hook 4:, the corresponding ends of the member 3 being provided with elongated openings 55, forming cross-bars 6, which are engaged by the clamp members to secure the bow-plate of the tree in position upon the upper side of the covering-strap 2. The sides 1 of the pad have secured within the stufied portions thereof, by suitable means, theterret-burs 7 and the covering-strap is provided with openings through which the threaded shanks of the terrets 8 pass when the latter are disposed in proper positions upon the saddle. The tree further comprises the irons or base-plates 9, which are secured to the sides 1 of the pad 1 by means of suitable fastenings 30, which connect with the said sides substantially as shown. The baseplates 9 of the tree when secured in place are disposed upon the upper side ofthe coveringstrap 2. The said plates 9 are recessed l0ngi tudinally thereof, as shown at 10, the recessed portions being provided with openings 11, through which the fastening-screws 30 pass, and projections 12 also extend upwardly from the upper sides of the recessed portions, said projections passing through openings in the skirts 13, thereby serving to secure said skirts to the tree. The base-plates 9 may be provided with cut-away portions to eifect a saving of the material from which the said plates are formed. Threaded openings 14: in the baseplates 9 receive the threaded shanks of the terrets 8, which terrets serve to reinforce the securing means by which the base-plates are secured to the saddle-pad 1. The forward or inner ends of the base-plates 9 are also provided with approximately oblong openings 15, which receive hooks 16, disposed upon the end portions of clamp-plates 17, which cooperate with the base-plates to secure the skirts 13 to the tree of the saddle. The clampare received by loops' 22, integrally formed with the rear portions of the base-plates 9. The respective base-plates 9 are provided, further, upon their upper sides with transverse grooves 23, forming seats for the crossbars 6 of the bow-plate of the tree of the saddle.

In assembling the parts of the saddle in the practical use of the invention the coveringstrap 2 is first disposed upon the upper side of the pad 1. The base-plates 9 are next secured by fastenings, as described before, and the bow-plate 3 placed in position with the cross-bars 6, carried by end portions thereof, resting in the grooves or seats 23 of the baseplates 9. The end portions of the skirt are next disposed in the recesses 10 of the base plate, the projections 12 passing through the openings in the ends of the skirt. The clampplates 17 are next placed in position by first engaging the hooks 16 thereof with the crossbars 6 of the bow-plate of the tree, and by a slight longitudinal movement of the said clamp-plates the lugs 21, provided upon the end portions thereof, are engaged in the loops 22 of the base-plate. The terrets 8 when screwed through openings in the body portions 18 of the clamp-plates and the openings 15 of the base-plate rigidly hold the clampplate upon the base-plates and prevent dis placement of the ends of the skirts from between these members. The body portions 18 of the clamp-plates after same have been secured in position are disposed above the projection 12, as will be readily seen.

The construction of the base-plates admits of a very simple formation of the end portions of the skirts l3, and this is deemed of essential importance in the embodiment of the invention in practical use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a harness-saddle, the combination of a pad, a tree comprising a bow-plate, a baseplate secured to the pad and having a projection extended therefrom, a skirt having an end engaged by said projection, a clamp-plate engaging the bow-plate and the skirt and interlocking with the base-plate, and means for securing the clamp-plate to thebase-plate.

2. In a harness-saddle, the combination of a pad, a tree comprising a bow-plate, a baseplate secured to the pad adjacent one end of the bow-plate and having an integral projection extended therefrom, a skirt having an end engaged by the aforesaid projection of the base-plate, a clamp-plate engaging the skirt to prevent displacement thereof, one end of the clamp-plate being in interlocking engagement with the base-plate and the other end in engagement with the bow-plate, and means for securing the clamp-plate in position. 3. In a harness-saddle, the combination with a pad, a covering-strap disposed upon the pad, a tree comprising a bow-plate having its ends provided with openings, base-plates secured to the upper sides of the pad adjacent opposite ends of the bow-plate, said baseplates having recessed portions and projections extended upwardly from the recessed portions, skirts having their end portions received by recessed portions of the base-plates and engaged by the projections aforesaid, laterally-disposed loops extended from the baseplates, clamp-plates provided at corresponding ends with hooks received by the openings in the end portions of the bow-plate, the opposite ends of the clamp-plates being provided with rearwardly-extended lugs engaging the loops of the base-plate, and terrets secured to the pads and passing through the clamp and base plates securing same thereto. 4. Inaharness-saddle, the combination with a bow-plate, a base-plate having integral loops extended therefrom, an integral projection extended from the base-plate, a skirt having an end engaged by said projection, a clamp plate engaging the bow-plate and the loops of the base-plate and cooperating with the projection aforesaid, and means for securing the clamp-plate to the base-plate.

5. In a harness-saddle, the combination with a bow-plate, a base-plate provided with loops projected therefrom, a projection extended from the base-plate, a skirt having an end engaged by said projection, a clamp-plate providedwith extensions received by the loops of the base-plate and engaging the projection of said base-plate, and interlocking means between the clamp-plate and the bow-plate.

6. In aharness-saddle, the combination with a bow-plate, a base-plate provided with laterally-disposed loops, a projection extended from the base-plate, a skirt provided with an opening receiving the projections of the base-' plate, a clamp-plate comprising spaced flanges provided with extensions received by the loops of the base-plate, a web connecting said flanges and engaging the projection of the base-plate, a hook extended from the Web of the clamp-plate and engaging the bow-plate, and a terret securing the clamp-plate to the base-plate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN A. KRAMER. [L. s.] Vvitnesses:

I. B. CAMPBELL, W. E. ALMOND. 

